Welcome to Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary 2-Day Blog Hop! This hop is epic with more than 60 guests and over $600 in sponsored prizes! Not only are we celebrating four years since Rubeena first discovered cardmaking but also crafting in general. This industry is made up of wonderful individuals who are creative, inspirational, kind, and incredibly supportive! Hop along so you can learn about why we create and how much joy it brings us!
If you arrived here from the talented Yana Smakula blog, then you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, hop on over to Rubeena Lanigro blog to start from the beginning. You don’t want to miss out on any of the fabulous creations.
Take a look at these homemade scented candles:
Ruby and I have been friends for the past 4 years. We meet on Instagram when she first started crafting and our friendship has been a hit since then. We’ve watched each other grow. She watched me venture into many different crafts and I’ve watched her grow in her watercoloring journey. She is fabulous at it. I need to brush up on my skills. LOL.
I decided to create candles for Ruby because I figured everyone else would create cards. I like to be a tad bit different. With the new We R Memory Keepers Wick, making these candles are a breeze.
I have a bunch of glass jars with the old logo from my full time job. Instead of dumping them, I decided to use them for candles.
Here’s how these candles were created:
Simple fill the well with wax to the fill line.
Secure the wick to the bottom of recycled jar with a couple of glue dots.
Once the wax completely melts, add a couple of coconut drops for a sweet sent.
Then open the nozzle and allow the wax to fill the jar.
Since these jars are bigger then the molds that come with Wick, simply melt more wax fill the jar.
Let the candle sit for 24 hours.
Decorate the jar and your done.
What do you think?
Candles are awesome gifts for friends, family, loved ones, teachers, and coworkers. This one is on its way to Ruby! LOL!! Would you try making your own candles?
GIVEAWAYS
In celebration of this anniversary, we have several amazing sponsors. Let’s thank them for their generosity! Winners will be randomly selected from comments left on all the blogs. The winners will be announced by Wednesday, September 5 on this page. Winners will have up to 2 weeks to contact Rubeena at ararerubycrafts@gmail.com to claim their prize before another winner is selected.
Studio Katia – $50 gift card
Hello Bluebird – $50 gift card
Altenew – $50 Gift card
Pinkfresh Studio – $30 gift card
Gina K. Designs – $50 gift card
Clearly Besotted – $35 gift card
Simon Says Stamp – $25 gift card
Spellbinders – Card Kit
Jennifer McGuire – $50 Simon Says Stamp gift card
winnie & walter – $40 gift card
Mama Elephant – $25 gift card
Hero Arts – $25 gift card
Nichol Spohr – Custom-sewn rainbow pencil case filled with brand new Spellbinders’ dies
Danielle Flynn – $25 Simon Says Stamp gift card
Picket Fence Studios – four $25 gift cards
Next Stop on this Blog Hop is the:
Darnell Knauss
You do not want to miss out on her amazing creations!!
Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:
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Thanks so much!
Kreative Kymona 
Cute idea. Thanks for sharing.
WOW!!! Didn’t see THAT one coming! Lol!!! I was expecting to see more papercrafting. I love candles, so it’s definitely not an unpleasant surprise! I’ll have to revisit your site of this candle making tute. Thanks for this most refreshing bit of craftiness–have a blessed day!
What a fantastic gift for Ruby! I haven’t made candles in a long time, I melted my wax in a saucepan dedicated to the purpose. I LOVE your cool wax melting machine, no need to worry about igniting the wax on the stovetop – awesome.
Such a wonderful idea ! Your candles are great for gifts, something I’ve never tried before. And such a pretty touch adding the decoration around the jar. Thanks for sharing xx
You have created pretty candles, thanks for the inspiration.
Diane Lousie xx
Love your unique way of celebrating with Ruby! What fun to make custom candles and to decorate the jars!
How fun!! I’ve not seen this We R Memory Keepers product before! Thanks for sharing!! 😃
Beautiful candles, such a great idea and yes, I would consider making candles.
Wow!!! I absolutely love this idea!!! And I am obsessed with candles!! These are super cute!!
Such a thoughtful and unique gift! I need to give this a try, love candles.
Awww what a total surprise that was!!! Loved it and who isn’t a fan of a great candle!! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your great gift idea.
I have not seen this. It certainly makes candle making easier.
These are such cute gift ideas! 🙂
Your candles are beautiful! What a great gift they would make.
I got one of this for Mother’s day gift but haven’t open yet, thanks for the inspiration, it is beautiful!
Wow!! Game Changer!! This is incredible and looks so easy. I. Must. Have. This.
And now for something completely different. So cool.
What a lovely and thoughtful gift…who doesn’t love candles?
Kymona your projects are so out of the box for me. I love you being yourself!
How cool! What a clever little machine. Love it!
OMG STOP IT! You are so talented!!!! And yay! I LOVE CANDLES! This is sooo cool. Hehe. I am so happy for your friendship in my life and for you celebrating with me. Thank you for being awesome. Now please come visit baby and me! 🙂
Wonderful gifts. Great idea to make candles. 💕❤️💕
Love it.
Lovely idea for candles. They always warm up a room.
What a great way to recycle those jars and a lovely gift idea! Cheers, Dotty
What a fun project! These would make great little gifts too! Thanks for celebrating Rubeena’s crafting anniversary with this awesome hop!
Look nice, never made candles. Hmm…
How fun! It’s be amazing to create customized candles as gifts this holiday season. Thanks for the inspiration!
That’s a fun project. Maybe I should give that a try sometimes. Looks great!
What a great gift. Thanks for the inspiration. It really looks easy.
I cannot stand the smell of scented candles (or any other strong scents for that matter) but they do look fun!
What a great surprise!! It’s always a treat to see other crafts. Thank you for sharing!!
This is so awesome, what a great gift! I haven’t made candles in many years but you have definitely gotten me interested again with this Wick machine. Thanks for being different lol and for the inspiration to make some Christmas gift candles this year. Congrats to Rubeena on 4 years of making and here’s to 100 more 🙂
What a great idea! I didn’t even know they made this! Another thing to add to my wish list!
Kymona, these are so fun! Love these!
Kymona, these are so much fun! Love them!
L♥VE this Kymona! You ALWAYS have such amazingly creative ideas. (I didn’t know We R Memory Keepers MADE such a machine but you did say it was new! LOL) Love it! I am sure Ruby will too!
When I was young I went to BYF (Baptist Youth Fellowship) and we went on a field trip to learn to make candles and I loved it. Although I haven’t made any in years, I still remember how and you have definitely inspired me to do it once again! Thank you for the inspiration as they really DO make beautiful and thoughtful gifts!
I’ve never seen a Wick before! That’s such a clever little machine for making candles. Your decorated candles are beautiful, thanks for recycling and thanks for sharing!
So cool! I had no idea there was such a machine! Now I know. ☺
Good idea.
Yum, I love candles. I love decorating jars. Awesome idea.
Nice idea! Thank you for sharing, inspirational!
WOW..just love this idea..
Love your fun project!
Kymona, I learn so many new things from you!!!i love making candles and wasn’t even aware that they had this wick machine!!! Definitely going to check this out!!!
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Such a cool machine! I’d love to try my hand at candle making. You created such lovely wrappers for them.
Cute idea!
What a fantastic machine! I’ve not seen one of these. Great gift idea to go with a card! I’ll take a cinnamon scented one please!
what a fun project – perfect for gifting;)